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Also by Michael Ruhlman:

Grocery, May 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Egg, April 2014
Hardcover
The Book Of Schmaltz, August 2013
Hardcover
Ruhlman's Twenty, October 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Michael Symon's Live To Cook, November 2009
Hardcover
The Making Of A Chef, April 2009
Paperback
Ratio, April 2009
Hardcover
The Soul Of A Chef, August 2001
Paperback / e-Book

Grocery
Michael Ruhlman

The Buying and Selling of Food in America

Harry N Abrams
May 2017
On Sale: May 16, 2017
288 pages
ISBN: 1419723863
EAN: 9781419723865
Kindle: B06XRGSRLT
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Cooking / Food

In Grocery, bestselling author Michael Ruhlman offers incisive commentary on America’s relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it—the grocery store.

In a culture obsessed with food—how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good for us—there are often more questions than answers. Ruhlman proposes that the best practices for consuming wisely could be hiding in plain sight—in the aisles of your local supermarket. Using the human story of the family-run Midwestern chain Heinen’s as an anchor to this journalistic narrative, he dives into the mysterious world of supermarkets and the ways in which we produce, consume, and distribute food.

Grocery examines how rapidly supermarkets—and our food and culture—have changed since the days of your friendly neighborhood grocer. But rather than waxing nostalgic for the age of mom-and-pop shops, Ruhlman seeks to understand how our food needs have shifted since the mid-twentieth century, and how these needs mirror our cultural ones.

A mix of reportage and rant, personal history and social commentary, Grocery is a landmark book from one of our most insightful food writers.

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